With Declining Probabilities of Success, the Optimal-Stopping Strategy Is To

question 22

Multiple Choice

With declining probabilities of success, the optimal-stopping strategy is to:

• A) continue to invest until the venture becomes successful.
• B) continue investing till sunk cost of investment is equal to zero.
• C) not invest in the project at all.
• D) discontinue investing when the expected profit is zero.
• E) invest once in pursuit of commercial success and then discontinue investing.

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